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Thumbs Up or Down: The Week in Sports Television
I'm a little late with this, but here's the unedited version of my appearance yesterday on The TV News. Apparently, I was a little long-winded, so some of my comments wound up on the cutting room floor in the original version. In any case, here's the original edit, restored in its full glory...
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Tomorrow on The TV News
I'll be back on The TV News tomorrow to talk sports television, and here's what I'll be looking at: Crosby Blows NHL's Golden Chance (Larry Brooks, New York Post) and Crosby, Kesler and Post-Olympic Marketing Momentum (The Grinder, Sean Gentile). World Cup With an Accent on TV in...
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Can Versus Take on SportsCenter?
In my latest appearance at The TV News, I talk about Versus and their latest foray into originally produced programming. They've calling it The Daily Line, and it's going to debut on April 5 at 6:00 p.m. opposite SportsCenter.
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Wikio Listing of Top Hockey Blogs
A couple of days back, I received the following email: Hello Eric, This is Marjorie over at Wikio. I'm contacting you about the March Top Blog rankings. As you know, our rankings are officially published on our website on the 5th of each month, and we offer a sneak peek at them to a selected...
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Did NBC Fumble Winter Olympic Hockey Coverage?
I'm back for another edition of The TV News. This week, I discuss some of the problems with NBC's coverage of the Olympic ice hockey tournament.
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Updated Olympic Men’s Ice Hockey Odds
Just got a note from the folks at Bodog.com with the latest odds on the Men's Ice Hockey tournment in Vancouver.  As a reminder, here's the post on the original odds we shared back on January 29. As always, these numbers are for recreational purposes only.  Even after last night's setback,...
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Hershey Bears Weekend
If you follow me on Facebook, you already know that I'll be headed to Hershey, Pennsylvania later today to join a group of Washington and Baltimore area hockey bloggers to attend a pair of Hershey Bears home games.  If you'd like to follow along, just join our Hershey Bears Weekend fan page on...
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My Debut on The TV News
As I mentioned earlier this week, I've joined The TV News as their sports television correspondent. I made my debut this morning. Please be kind.
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Eric McErlain Joins The TV News as Sports Television Reporter

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A Simple Reminder for Jacques Rogge and the IOC
The opening round of the men's side of the Olympic ice hockey tournament begins tomorrow, but the functionaries at the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the same folks who caved under pressure from China when it came to censoring Internet access in Beijing two years ago, just couldn't leave...
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